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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-03-31

At the Stewart exhibition at the
American Art Galleries last week a
Dung gentleman's attention was call
ed to a certain painting for which the
young lady who accompanied him pro-
fessed unbounded admiration. He
didn't like it as well as she did-didn' t
like-it at all, in fact, and expressed his
disapprobation in audible terms. His
companion was abashed, ''Why," she
exclaimed, otis a Murillo,N The
young gentleman was disconnected for
a second. but instantly recovered his
presence of mind. and snubbed his men,
tor vita: well, really, saw so much
of that sort of thing when | was abroad
that got tired and sick of it.
In which connection a friend who
was living in Dresden few years ago
tells me this anecdote. She was sittiu
alone in the gallery ono day, gazing al
the"Sistine Madonna when two OF
three American women entered thereon.
''Well, y exclaimed Une Vi them. who
had never seen the famous paintin:
before, II must say I'm disappointed
After all I'd heard about it. | expect,
to see something a good deal Shower
than that. Her friend was cast down
for a moment, but presently plucke,
up heart enough to say, apologetically
But you forget how old tits. Con-
sidering how long age it was painted
! think it's pretty well done!'
When ! am telling stories of this
kind, | may add one that rescheS
me from Boston. A peddler
of some new CEN nt got access to the
hall of lady's house in the Back Bay
quarter, and proceeded to extol the
virtues of his "article y 1T beats
stratena all to pieces he averred
''hot water only hardens it; there :
nothing it won't mend. If you've got
the head of that there statue, Tor in
stance pointing to a plaster cast OF
the Victory Untying her SandaD IN
stick it on so YOU can't see where the
crack is" The Young lady told him
she dind't doubt it, bat she hadn't the
missing head, She only wished she
boI
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Acute sense or Dogs.

Prof. G. I. Romanes recently contri-
buted to the London Linnean Society a
valuable resume of the acuteness of the
sense of smell in dogs and added much
to it, He concluded from his own ex-
periments with female setter that she
distinguishes his trail by a
peculiar smell of his boots
and not of his feet. Though
some few square millimeters of the sur
face of one boot was sufficient to make
trail which the animal could readily
recognize. the scent would not be able
to penetrate even a single layer of brown
paper. 1t appears, also that
not only the feet but the
whole body ofman exhale definite pecu-
liar ard characteristic odor whereby a
dog can recognize his master among
any number of people, and that this
odor isdistinct for considerable distanc-
es, particularly in calm days or to
the windward.
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Fun in "a Drug store.

Scene; Night in drug store and no
one there.
Suddenly voice sang out from a
shelf, "Hey, Ruber'
"Who do you call RubeP' asked a
surly voice near by.
"Rhubarb, of course That's your
name, isn't it?''
Well, what do you want?" growled
Rubarb, land VINO are you?''
I'm Cal"
"CalP"
Eyes, Calomel. Amt it a little dun
around here?'
keep quiet said Truss hanging
on nail
"Been on bust lately?' asked Cal
omel, which was as serious a breach of
good manners as was ever hernia
drug store.
Congress Water said they acted as
if they had been across the street and
Cinnamon, Vichy oughtn't to have
done.
"Who Is giving us all of that She'll
ac?'' said a Varnsh Brush. bristling
up DRY up or I'll let Tooth Paste
you on the nose"
Boys what'll you drink" asked a
Sponge hanging over the mineral-water
counter in loud voice Soda all could
hear.
"You aloes something at this bar and
you gets no more until you settle,
said the Bitters Bottle.
I'm an all Nitre, am" cried a
swedish voice
"YOu don't any OF you get drink
unless Pepsin' shouted one who had
heretofore been trying to digest what
was going on.
alt vos all right" exclaimed a box
of German pills; "a leedle fun viii Nix
Vomica man."
"Bis-muth be attended toSome time, '
lisped Pearl Powder.
Come now, let's shake for the
cigars" said a Fever'n Ague cure.
MAKE it forthe drinks and In (d) igo.
too, - SAID fellow on the shelf who
seemed very blue.
The Cigar Stand remarked that ii
was his treat, and they could Havanna
cigars they wanted and not give up a
cent.
Bergamot remarked that if he didn't
have to give up cent it was the first
time such thing had happened.
which was a pretty good mot for
Berry,.
A bottle with picture of polar
bear on the label said it was hard to
stand by the Hair Oil those bad puns
without getting in word.
Come and brush up your wits
then said Pomatum, land see how
a-greas with you"
At this point lunch was announced.
Among the delicacies were Strawber-
ries and Cream of Tartar, Stomach
Cake with Syrup of Squills, fried liver
with or without pad, etc, Sulphate
of Zinc until he was almost finished and
IOdide of Potash SiftingS.
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Don't Neglect Her Mamma.

The saving grace of the young Amer
lean man, says writer in Harper's
Bazaar, is his respect for women. That
is sincere National religion. A young
American rarely passes a lady on the
staircase OF hotel without raising his
hat, he rises when she enters a room.
and he assists her across a muddy street.
Herein he is miles ahead of the young
Frenchman of the period
But in conventional breeding the
foreigner has the advantage. The
young Frenchman understands that he
must be polite to the mother before
the daughter. In this respect (and the
blame is in the mC,hers who have not
commanded IT'D the young American is
often at fault in society, if not in the
street
A card should never be left by a
Young gentleman for a young lady
without also including one for hermoth-
er. He should inquire for the elder lady
first and if possible the mother should
receive him. He should if the mother
invites him to a ball. show her some
attention.; if she has a reception day. he
should call on that day. He should
show her that he regards her As the per-
son of the house, nor should he allow
her 10 feel herself neglected at a public
ball where he has been dancing with
her daughter. In this bit of conven-
tional good breeding the American
young man of the period is very faulty.
A man - no treats the parents of girl
whom he likes with respect is apt TO
have their assistance if he hopes to win
/ her. He must remember, of course.
that an invitation to call must come
I from the mother Such at least is the
etiquet of New York society.
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Says a Rome correspondent. speak
ing of the fintness rarity, and quanti-
ty of the Pope's lace: He possesses
some Of almost al epochs. allcountrics.
all qualities When the Vacation was
invited to contribute 10 this exhi ition
his Holiness at once consented. o. the
condition that special section should
be assigned TO him. as had been done
for France. which country takes part
through the special initiative of the
Society of the Decorative Arts at Paris
Pope Leo's collection, bv the way. has
recently received an important addi-
ton. 4 committee of prominent Catho-
lies at Venice have presented his Holt
ness with set of lace which they have
caused to be executed at The lace schools
of Burano. The design is copied from
the famous ReZzonico set which was
made for CIemen. XIII. by the Ven
etian nuns. and which now forms part
of the treasure of the House of Savoy,
and is occasionally worn by Queen
Margaret, The schools of Burano have
three times reproduced the pattern of
this historic lace, one copy being in
the Kensington Museum, one in the
possession of the Duchess of Hamil-
ton, and the third in that of the young
and charming wife of the millionaire
Mr.. w w. Astor, late American Min
lister at Rome. TIL, copy destined
for Leo XIII. cost POO francs a
ward "
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Scientific

In the course of his chemical investi-
cations of the sugar beet, Mons Anne
Girard has ascertained that the develop
ment of the saccharine matter takes
place wholly in thatportion of the vege-
table which is over the ground. So
he states in recent communication to
the Paris Academy of Sciences.
In the British town of Kimberley, in
South Africa, the current of electricity
by which the system of electric lighting
is maintained is also used as the means
of putting stray dogs to death.
The expediency ofdispatching scion
tific exploring expedition to the South
Polar regions is under consideration by
the new Geographical Society of Aus
tralasia.
There is reason to believe that the
new elements supposed to have been
discovered by the late f. Linnemann,
and whichwas named Austrian, is really
the metal Gallium
Recent experiments in France on the
explosive ignition of coal dust in mines
show that the liability to such explosions
is not lessened by using electricity to
re the blasts
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THE CITY AND THE STAR.

sat at my easement window,
And gazed on the fiaring town;
Men rushed here, and men rushed there,
And the stars looked roldly down
sat at my easement window,
And gazed on the starlit sky;
silent their flight through the Boiseless night,
And train dashed screaming by.
o, din OF world too near mel
o, peace o. a life too fart
As in vision | seem to hear ye,
Thou city, and thou lone star
From the city & roar ascending,
IL stunned as IL hurled by,
Wild grief and wild laughter blending.
The widows, the workings cry.
With the passionate sob OF sorrow,
A the passionate SHREK for gold;
When the first low wal ~ the Infants breath,
And the last faint sigh OF the old.
And the star. o. the star! What saidit2
listened and caught the chime
Ihat they sing as they move in their constant
groove,
From beginning to end Of time;
or law, and OF course foreordaiued;
Not freedom, bnt Gods control;
And nothing they know Of the lawless wO,
Or tie we ght u burdened soul
But as messengers bearing tidings,
They II on their pathway sure:
With speed never hasting, and fire never
wasting,
Forever serene and pure.
Then tnrned from my easement window,
And prayed for the peace Divine;
Fo' the city is rife with jars and strife,
But the way of the be mine
For the good bera IN es,tb too, sb...t.
We dram, ana IL will not stay;
But somehow the dream Is more than a dream:
Yet, o! il is far away
London Spectator
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Boston Courier; The mispronunci-
ations of readers who have been guided
by the eye and not by the ear are of, n
funny enough. A novelist of the town
confessed recently that in all his boy
hood he was accustomed to read this word
''misled as if it were spelled ''mizzled'
and a brother author who was present
confessed TO the same error. A laugh
able instance of this was given the other
day IN a circulating library where one
of the readers of the omniverous kind
in reading list of titles came to the
well-kmown name '.Coelebs in Search
of a Wife. - She regarded it thought
fully for moment.
''Cobells in Search of Wife, she
read. Il don't remember that ever
heard Of that before.
She was evidently IN spirit, if not in
body, related to the lady who inquired
for The Hatherway Gentleman by
Miss Mulock.
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NORTHWESTERN NEWS.

At a meeting of the Minnesota State
Agricultural Society held at St Paul, on
the oath, j. ID. Larpenteur of St. Paul, was
appointed superintendent of the art gal
lery. The following revision of the premi-
um list was made: In class % prize for the
best herd Of cattle in the state was raised
from S15 to SlO0. In class 30, the first pre-
MUM for the best collection of apples, not
including crabs or Siberians, were changed
from a silver medal 10 SIS in cash. The
Prize for the best collection of SibeTians or
hvbTids was changed from silver medal to
$40 cash. In single plates of the Elgin va
riety. the first. second and third prizes were
fixed at 81, 50 and 8 The prize for best
collection Of apples best adapted TO Mime
sofa. grown by amateurs or farmers was
placed at $40 The prize for Russian apples
by professional OF non-professiOnal changed
from a silver medal to 50. new resolu-
ton was adopted TO the effect that in -. IS,
% aud 30 the recipes or formula for making
or producing. with the name and variety OF
each article put on exhibition, must be Civ
en- in writing and deposited with the sec
rotary at the time OF making entry. This
rule viii be strictly adhered 70, and when
not compiled with the article viii be de
barred from receiving premium.
On March ). William Smith and
jay WILBUR. hunters of Aitkin, Mimi, left
for a moose hunt They have just returned
with a live COW moose-something that
was never before taken alive in that country
IL required five days to get their captive
subdued 50 that il could be handled. 1t
now takes its place in a barn as docile as
can be II was captured in Aitken county,
twenty five miles north of Altkin.
8 At Minneapolis Judge Rea granted
Mrs. Rainey a decree of divorce from her
husband. DR.. RaIney. with 5000 alimOny
in announcing the decree Judge Rea char
acterized the conduct of the dsfsndent as
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WISCONSIN NEWS.

Hogan has secured pOstotlice.
The Menasha Knights of Labor fair
was success financially.
Subscriptions have been started in
Madison for $4,000 opera-house.
Merrill banks are paying out$1O,00O
daily to the men who come out of the
woods.
Several GAINESVILLE people have raised
a guarantee fund of 81, 200 for a course
of lectures on Science Cure.
The Governors Guard celebrated
their twelfth anniversary at Madison,
last week and had good time in every
sense
Brakeman Chas McTaggart fell be-
tween the cars at Ellis Junction and
was instantly killed
Rev. W. E. Walker, rector of Mat
thias Episcopal church at Waukesha,
has resigned his position, and the
same was accepted
The annual exhibition of the Chip
pewa County Agricultural society viii
be held at Chippewa Falls, from Sept
20 to %, inclusive.
The st. Paul railway com any las
contracted to ship $500, 900 brick from
MenOmonie. Dunn county. to Mime
apols This will make l 100 carloads
Jacob Henry, of Kasson. Manitowoc
county, veteran of the Franco Prussian
war; lately became insane on account
of the rumors of another war between
Germany and France.
The house of Cornelius Kiley, in the
town of Vermont, was laid in ashes.
March 18th The fire was under such
Roadway when first discovered that it
could not be extinguished. The house
was insured in the Farmers Insurance
company.
There is some talk of dog-pound
being established at Racine, in which
to place dogs when owners refuse to
pay the taxes. After being shut up for
ten days and no attempt made to liber-
ate them they will be shot.
Farmers of Meme, Manitowoc
county, are contracting for the sale of
their butter in Sheboygan for twenty
cents a pound. The best Sheboygan
county butter makers, who supply regular
customers in the city by the season or
year, are asking twenty-five cents.
The first wreck on the 500 road
was made last week. when a train of
five cars loaded with dirt ran off the
track and went down from the trestle
a distance of thirty-five feet, TO the
ground The cars were badly damaged.
The wreck occurred near Buttermilk
Falls, Polk county.
Last Saturday afternoon. little Aman-
dus R8tzmann. a son of William R@tz-
mann, editor of The Sank County Her
aid, of Reedsburg, was kicked by a
horse which he and little companion
had attempted to ride, the wound he
received resulting in death. The shoe
of the horse was broken and part of
it buried in the boy brain, just above
the right ear.
Mrs. c. +. Johns Of Sun Prairie, for
merlv Miss Lucina f. Stone. of Madi-
son. died M Madison from surgical
operation for the removal Of an ovarian
tumor her system being too much re-
duced and infeebled by the protracted
atlliction to withstand the ordeal.
Two young men at Fond du Lac.
named Geo. Alderman and Chas. Corn
ing. last Wednesday evening ndulged
in a boat ride which they viii remember
for some time. They embarked in a
boat on Lake Winnebsgo, and after
being tossed about by the current and
ice for long time. were, with difficulty.
rescued from drowning
Patents were granted last week to
the following Wisconsin inventors:
A. g. Bierbach. Milwaukee, device
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pany, which has spent upwards of a million
dollars in pre- airing for the work, will get
it.
A statement issued by the treasury
department shows the number of distilleries
in operation throughout the country is GA,
against J6o a year ago. The number OF gal
Ions manufactured daily is 30l $50, against
S{2 q . one year ago The number of distii-
daily; in Kentucky, l56, making lO3,as4 gal
Ions daily in Illinois IL, making 15,o69 gal
Ions daily.
The President has appointed Oscar
5. Strauss, of New York, to be envoy extra
ordinary and minister plenipotentiary Of
the United States to Turkey. Heroid Marsh
Sewall. OF Maine. ul-general of the
United States at Apia, and ". j. George, of
Tennessee, consul of the United States at
CharlestOwn, r. f. L.
Brigadier General Wilcox. command
ing the department of the Missouri, will be
placed on the retired list April rs, next. The
probabilities are that Col. Wesley Merritt,
superintendent of the military academy,
will succeed Gen. Wilcox.
Secretary Lamar has reversed the
ruling of Land Commissioner Sparks in en-
joining the Onnaha IL H. from possession OF
its lands in Wisconsin, and he declares
the road entitled to its selections within the
indemdity limits Of its grant.
Acting Secretary Fairchild has
heard from Secretary Manning and Treas
urer Jordan, since their arrival at Queens
sown. The Secretary was in good health
and stood "a rough passage across the
ocean very well
There is no longer any doubt that
Secretary Fairchild has been informed 10y
the President that he is to be the secretary
of the treasury after April !. This will pre-
vent any disturbance in financial affairs
probably.
Senator Teller, a member of the
election subcommittee, TO investigate al
legged outrages in Texas. says that he does
not think the committee viii be called to
gether during the recess of congress.
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THE OLD WORLD.

The British Parliament held an all
night session on the 22nd, considering
the Governments measures for Ireland,
and it was developed that definite policy
bad been decided upon and fully elaborated,
covering all the legislation for ireland that
the government will ever consent to pro
pose. The program will open with the
coercion bill conjointed with a tenant re-
lief bill to be introduced in the house of
lords next wOek. The relief proposals will
consist of giving tenants power To stay evic-
tionS by declaring their inability to pay
full rent and wiping out the claim by sur
render TO the bankruptcy court. A grand
measure for land purchase Twill follow.
This measure il now known To be based
upon Mr.. Chamberlain's land bank scheme
Ii the government should be defeated at
any ono point in the development of their
policy they will not resign but will appeal
TO the country. The confident tone of the
ministerialists confirms the generally ac-
cepted report that Mr.. Chamberlain and
Lord Harrington assisted in building the
scheme and approve the final structure.
The Parnelites are braciug to fight but the
Gladstonian. do not appear to be so eager,
and it is uncertain if they stand firmly Tor
cooperation with Mr.. Parnel.
The press censor has sent to the
editor of the Moscow Gazette a first warn
ing. The occasion for this notice was Sc
we're criticism in the Gazette of a recent Off
cial communication censuring the hostile
tone adopted by the Russian press towards
Germany.
The Duchess of Cumberland, who
has become mentally affected, has on the
advice of Prof. Braun been placed in Leides-
darts private lunatic asylum at Oberdohl-
ing. Prof. Baum certified that it was unsafe
to keep the duchess at home.
Lord Lansdowne has offered to stop
the eviction of tenants who win pay any
portion of their rent, without costs. and
will allow those who accept these terms
ample time to pay the balance.
The young son of Senior Jos. Castillo,
recently kidnapped by Matigus' band, near
Havana, has been restored to his parents.
The sum paid for mis- release was SI,jOO.
The Bulgarian prime minister is
making political tour through the country
He openly advocates the proclaiming of a
united and independent Bulgaria.
Crown Prince Rudolph Of Austria on
his return from the festivities at Berlin had
long interview with Count Kalnoky, the
foreign minister.
German news papers say that
Degieff the alleged leader of the recently
discovered plot to assassinate the ear, is
safe in America
Count Won Moltke has received the
star of the Grand Commandership of the
HOhenzellern order in brilliants, with
swords.
The presents received by Emperor
vii lam on his birthday are sufficient to
fill five furniture vans.
Father Keller says he viii die in the
Dublin Jail before he will betray the Sc
crets of his people,
Lord Randolph Churchill has re
turned to London in improved health.
The Russian minister at Bucharest
has been summoned to St Petersburg.
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you that. at the very hour in which
you were saved BY this brave man, |
was lying in a death-swoon in the room
in Church street, where you found me
just recovering on your most unex-
pected arrival. l have never had the
least memory of what happened while
l lay in this swoon. but it seems my
spirit did what in the body | know
nothing of. 1t is indeed most mar
velouS
No explanation can be attempted of
this strange case. The insureent.
whose real name was never disclosed
to the writer, sailed TO America with
his bride and lived long and useful
lie there. Peter Doherty many years
afterwards told this true story frequent
ly over his pipe and glass in the corner
which was specially reserved for him IN
the public he affected when he finally
retired from his duties rs a watchman.
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Is the April lIarper's the Depart
ment are unusually rich in choice read
inc. The Editor Easy Chair discusses
the recent strike and it> lessons. the dis
tiuctiou between political partnership
and friendship. pictures ofourSelves and
the Lecture yceum which Beecher
Phillips. Cough. ana Emerson used to
adorn. The E'it,Ss Study presents
the interesting features Of a great nov
cli-t confronting the charges made
against fiction Il undermining mental
and moral stability A sweeping ar
rairument Of novels by a cor
respondent i taken by Mr. Howells
a text for discourse upon
the injurious effect Of many stories.
and the true distinction between whole
some and pernicious fiction. This de-
partment also passes judgment upon
some recent novels. The Drawer is also
well laden with juicy mOrsels. inelud-
.ng two illustrations by Hyde and Du
Maurisr